Published 14:38 IST, June 2nd 2020
'Wajid Khan died of cardiac arrest, was tested positive for COVID-19', says Sajid Khan
Sajid Khan recently told PTI that Wajid Khan was tested positive for Covid-19. Wajid Khan passed away at a city hospital at the age of 42. Read on for more.
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Music composer Wajid Khan, of Sajid-Wajid fame, passed away at a city hospital in Mumbai. Bror Sajid Khan recently opened up for same and told PTI that he died of a cardiac arrest while confirming that composer h tested positive for Covid-19. Wajid Khan was buried to rest at Versova cemetery on Monday afteron with close friends and family members in attendance.
As per reports, Wajid Khan was buried around 1 pm and because of lockdown and Coronaivurs pandemic, only 20 people were allowed for funeral. "re were police security and barrices in place. Only close family, including bror Sajid and friends from industry, were present," a source close to musician told PTI.
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As per latest reports, Razina Khan, mor of late singer music composer Wajid Khan, has tested positive for Coronavirus. Reportedly, she is believed to have contracted to virus before late musician was infected with it. Moreover, when Wajid Khan passed away at a Mumbai hospital on June 1, Razina Khan was reportedly present at same hospital to take care of her ailing son.
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According to a source who spoke to a media portal, Wajid Khan was suffering from kidney and throat infection. Reportedly, he too h tested positive for COVID-19, but that was later. And his mor h contracted virus from or COVID positive patients at hospital. Reports have it that she is currently undergoing treatment at Surana Sethia hospital in Mumbai.
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news of Wajid Khan's death was first confirmed with condoling tweet of ar music composer, Salim Merchant on his social media platforms who said, "Devastated with news of passing away of my bror Wajid of Sajid -Wajid fame. May Allah give strength to family. Safe travels bro @wajidkhan_live you’ve gone too soon. It’s a huge loss to our fraternity. I’m shocked & broken."
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Bollywood mourns Wajid Khan's death
Many popular faces from industry like Parineeti Chopra, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif, Sanjay Kapoor, Salman Khan and ors took to ir social media handles to pay last tributes to Wajid Khan. Neha Kakkar, Darshan Raval, Sunil Grover and ors too mourned Wajid's untimely demise. Wajid Khan's several or colleagues and fans also poured tributes for music composer.
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14:38 IST, June 2nd 2020